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Family-law

P (No 2): Welfare, Re

The Court of Appeal dismissed TP2’s welfare appeal in a family case about child arrangements, finding the trial judge’s assessment and contact regime were open to her.

  • Child-arrangements
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Welfare-of-the-child
  • Appeals-procedure
  • Family-law
  • Child-welfare
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Family-law [2026] EWCA Civ 571

P, Re (No 2: Welfare)

P, Re (No 2: Welfare) [2026] EWCA Civ 571 (12 May 2026)

The Court of Appeal dismissed a welfare appeal over child arrangements, holding the trial judge had carefully assessed future risk and family relationships.

  • Child-arrangements
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Welfare-of-the-child
  • Appeal-procedure
  • Child-welfare
  • Family-law-appeal
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Family-law [2026] EWCA Civ 568

M (A Child: Adoption: Duty of Disclosure)

M (A Child: Adoption: Duty of Disclosure) [2026] EWCA Civ 568 (11 May 2026)

Court of Appeal set aside an adoption order after finding the adopters withheld material facts about their separation and the adoptive mother’s relationship.

  • Adoption
  • Duty-of-disclosure
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Procedural-irregularity
  • Child-welfare
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Family-law

P & Q (Children) (Finding of Fact), Re

The court found the father had abused the mother and that the children’s reluctance to see him was not caused by maternal alienation.

  • Domestic-abuse
  • Child-arrangements
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Parental-alienation
  • Contact-orders
  • Welfare-of-the-child
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Family-law [2026] EWHC 1035 (Fam)

HF, KF and LF (No 2)(Children; Inherent Jurisdiction; Return Order), Re

HF, KF and LF (No 2)(Children; Inherent Jurisdiction; Return Order), Re [2026] EWHC 1035 (Fam) (01 May 2026)

The High Court ordered the return of three children from Dubai to England, finding that the father’s wrongful retention had harmed their relationship with their mother.

  • Summary-return-of-children
  • Inherent-jurisdiction
  • Welfare-analysis
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Habitual-residence
  • Domestic-abuse
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Family-law [2026] EWHC 996 (Fam)

Z (A Child), Re (Retention from Hong Kong: Child's Objections)

Z (A Child), Re (Retention from Hong Kong: Child's Objections) [2026] EWHC 996 (Fam) (28 April 2026)

Hague Convention child abduction case in which the court refused to order Z's return to Hong Kong, relying on his objections and maturity.

  • International-child-abduction
  • Hague-convention-1980
  • Child's-objections
  • Wrongful-retention
  • Protective-measures
  • Parental-responsibility
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Family-law

P (Fabricated and Induced Illness: Fact-Finding), Re

Fact-finding judgment in care proceedings involving alleged fabricated and induced illness, medicalisation, feeding restriction, and threshold findings for two children.

  • Fabricated-and-induced-illness
  • Significant-harm-threshold
  • Medical-evidence-in-child-protection
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Care-orders
  • Child-protection
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Family-law

GCC v M & Ors

The Family Court made final care orders for two children to remain at home with their mother, finding the order necessary and proportionate to protect them.

  • Care-orders
  • Children-remaining-at-home
  • Proportionality
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Domestic-violence
  • Child-protection
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